Mississippi Homeschool Deadlines & Calendar

Initial filing deadline

September 15 of each school year

Annual renewal deadline

September 15 of each school year

Send to

school attendance officer of the resident school district

Miss. Code Ann. 37-13-91(3)(c) (Certificate of Enrollment for home instruction)

Varies by pathway. Legitimate Home Instruction Program: "September 15"; Non-Public School: null

Annual renewal

Required by September 15

Miss. Code Ann. 37-13-91(3)(c) (annual Certificate of Enrollment)

These deadlines are for Legitimate Home Instruction Program. Mississippi offers 2 pathways, and each may have different deadlines:

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  Legitimate Home Instruction Program(this page): You file a Certificate of Enrollment with your local school district attendance officer by September 15 each year. No required subjects, no testing, no recordkeeping requirements, and no curriculum review — Mississippi gives parents complete discretion over educational content. Your only ongoing obligation is the annual certificate.
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  Non-Public School: You register as a non-public school with the state. This pathway is more suited to micro-schools or co-op settings than individual families, and involves filing with the state rather than the local attendance officer. Most individual homeschool families use the home instruction pathway instead.

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